8. A description of something your noun could do in relation to something else, written as: verb ending in -ingprepositionadjectivenoun (e.g. scouting for silver salmon, or, basking on sun-baked sand, or, digging up acorn jewels) – (yes, I realize “for” is a conjunction, not a preposition, but you can use it if you want. The reason I didn’t put conjunction is because the others – and, or, nor, but, yet – won’t work. But use “for” if you want.

11. A simile for the action in #10 (e.g. like a rocket ship, or, like a bow drawn across singing strings)

12. Your original noun from #1

Okay! Got your list? What we are accomplishing here is part Madlib, part poetry, and will hopefully result in lots of descriptive poems (ha-ha – like how I tricked you into writing a poem?) that will also serve as story sparkers by giving all the devoted readers specific, detailed, poetic descriptions of characters, settings, or objects that they could use in a story! For those of you who write picture books, there are a lot of similarities between picture books and poetry, so this is good practice.

So do you get the idea? You may of course tweak a bit. If you need a different verb form or fewer adjectives or an extra word or one less line or two colors, etc. feel free to change it up.”

Use the template below, type in your poem, and then post your comment on Susanna’s blog.

I am [a/an/the] noun from #1Color from #2 as [a/an/the] comparison from #3
With [a/an/the] adjective adjective noun from #4Verb from #5, verb from #6Preposition [a/an/the] adjective adjective noun from #7Description from #8Description from #9 Description from #10
Like [a/an/the] simile from #11
I am [a/an/the] noun from #1 Here’s my example:

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Golly gee. I’m blushing. Thank you for your kind words.
I loved your story as well and left a comment on Susanna’s blog.
So…I wasn’t the only one who found this hard.
Glad to know I keep great company.
Thanks again, Vivian

Great exercise. Very helpful in getting the words flowing. I used to be a gymnast and loved your example. Well done. My attempt initially felt a little lame, but when I read it over again I didn’t think it turned out too badly. We just visited Sea World on vacation…

Two comments. Thanks, Laura. As you were a former gymnast, I’m glad you approve.
You said your attempt initially felt lame, but don’t we as writers all feel that way.
I’m assuming you posted it? I’ll pop over to Susanna’s blog. I hope yours is there.
Sounds like a great vacation!

Thank you, Karen for cheering me on. “Your mind is as flexible as the gymnast.”
What a great sentence, not just that you attributed to me, but it’s a great line to use when writing a story.
I’m waiting to read more of your writing.

It does usually change somewhat…I do like to have a subject matter that I want to talk about though…Sometimes though, the longer it takes me to paint, the subject matter will change if something in my life comes up and then I sometimes have to start over…I guess one of the tools of the trade is to just keep walkin!!! lol…